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VOL. XIX.— NO. 287.
BULLETIN OF
THE ST. PflrUL GLOBE.
TUESDAY, OCT. 13, lSOtk
A* father for Today-
Fair and Warmer.
PAGE 1.
Bryan's Mill City Speeches.
Onle* on the Coast Destrnctive.
Militia Guarding- the Bank Robber.
Dead Roober Was Lake.
Devastation at Coney Island.
PAGE 2.
Row on In Company E.
Gilbert's Resignation Accepted.
Loop Question Argued.
Day in Society.
PAGE 3.
Minneapolis Matters.
Washburn's Letter to Bryan.
Crooks Following Bryan.
I'AC.K 4.
Editorial.
Doings of the Baptists.
Associated Charities' Annual.
PAGE ft.
Pedlar Palmer Defeats Murphy.
O'Bricu Knocks Out Dick Moore.
Day's Racing Results.
Watson's Friends Want Recognition
The Day at Canton.
Plots in *Vational League Also.
Hot Election Dispute nt Ean Claire.
Duluth's Mayor Turned Down,
PAGE c.
Pull in n a interviews \. P. Officials.
Railway Gossip.
Bar Silver U-t ft-Sc.
Cash Wheat in Chlcßgo Ott 3-Me.
Wall Street Bears After Sugar.
PAGE 7.
Bayard in Line for So mid Money.
Wants of the People.
PAGE S~
News of the Courts,
Mra. Ingalls Defies the Law.
Estimates for State Institutions.
TODAY'S EVENTS.
Metropolitan— ln Mlzzonrn, $.15.
Grand— Oft* the Earth, 5.15.
MOVEMENTS OF STEAMSHIPS.
NEW YORK— Arrived: Kaiser Wilhelm,
Genoa: Aller, Bremen; Anchoria, Glasgow;
.Memensha, Stockton; Cevic, Liverpool.
GIBRALTAR— Arrived: Ems, New York
for Genua.
LIVERPOOL— Arrived: Texan, Galveston.
LONDON— Sailed: llourane, Baltimore. Ar
rived: Michigan, New York.
MOVlLLE— Arrived: Labrador, Montreal
for Liverpool.
GLASGOW— Arrived: Siberian, Montreal.
COPENHAGEN— Arrived: Heckle, New
York.
CHERBOURG— Arrived: Saale, New York
for Hamburg,
LlZAßD— Passed: Carlsrulie, Bremen for
New York.
,
Register today If you expect to vote !
Nov. 3.
The fact that a man lives in Canton
is not sufficient excuse for calling him j
a •llannel mouth. "^
An <i>ld saying revised is: "Take care j
of the* dollar?, and the times will take i
<aie of themselves."
m.
Missouri has begun the accumulation
of a prison calendar, a Mr. January
has been sent up for ten years.
The Coney Island heavy "swell" is
no longer a joke. About half the
beach was washed away yesterday.
The sultan has again promised gen
eral reforms. He evidently believes "it
ls a mean man who won't promise."
The only thing that will kill the grass
In Bryan's front yard this year is j
frost, and the frost is coming Nov. 3. I
The attention of Mr. Tillman and Mr.
Altgeld is called to the fact that the
supreme court is still doing business.
Football is going to the dogs. The
has been open two weeks and
not a single casualty has been reported, j
Mr. Bryan has done pretty well in his !
chase over the country, but he hasn't j
equaled the record of dog Owney yet. I
Mr. Towre is likely to do his next-j
"walk-out" act about March 4, and i
the date of his return will be indefinite, j
Safe cracking is not so melodra- j
matte as bank raiding, but recent ex
perience shows It has less effect on
vital statistics.
Jerry Simpson will stop making
speeches, but Kansas will gain nothing.
Tom Watson is on his way to the |
"Sunflower" state.
A Missouri court has decided that bi
cycles are "mere baggage," which is j
what manufacturers have always as- j
sorted of rival makes.
You cannot vote In the election Nov. !
8 unless you register. The fact that j
you voted at the spring election will j
not suffice. Register today.
Now that Bayard has come out for
Palmer and Buckner. the Demo-Pops
have discovered that he was never
much of a Democrat after all.
-"•*"—
The now woman has broken out in an
unexpected place. To the number of
100 she has been arrested for selling
whisky to Indians in Oklahoma.
m
Commerce has very little respect for
politics. Wheat and silver persist in
moving up and down in a way that
dazes tho manufacturers of free coin
age statistics.
•»
With Mr. Sewall unable to carry his
-family, and Mr. Bryan trying in vain
to swing the full vote of his law firm,
the strength of the Chicago ticket is
fairly well demonstrated.
Gen. Weyler has found out that all
his power, backed by bayonets and
dungeons, is inadequate to create
4 value. In spite of his decree that ev
erybody within his jurisdiction should
accept the bills of the Bank of Havana
at a par with gold, and of his threats
of punishment for disobedience, trades
men refused them at par. and he was
finally obliged to permit their use at
the value commerce put on them, a
discount of 20 per cent from gold.
THE SAINT PAUL GLOBE
THIRTY THOUSfiP
SILVER KOOTEfIS
GIVE OAI«mrDATE BRYAN A NOISY
WELCOME TO MINNE
APOLIS.
HE DELIVERS FOUR SPEECHES
WHICH PEOPLE OP THE MILL CITY
BOISTEROUSLY AP
PLAID.
ST. PAUL FROST IS DISPERSED.
WOMEN DISPLAY dI'ITE AS MICH
ENTHUSIASM AS THE
VOTERS.
THE MEETIXG FOR LADIES ONLY
Establishes a Sew Precedent for
Fntnre Political Cam
paigns.
If St. Paul's reception of William
Jennings Bryan was suggestive of the
marble heart, as is claimed 'in many
ftuarters, Minneapolis last evening
changed the order of things and ex
tended the "Boy Orator from the
Platte - ' the new anatomical invention
known as the "glad hand."
The record established in the Mill
City was a new one for the silverites.
Of course it does not follow that every
one who heard Mr. Bryan last night
is going to vote for him. Nor does it
follow that all of the skeptics were
converted, for it is safe to presume
that nine-tenths of all the voters have
their minds made up at this late period
of the campaign. But for enthusiasm
Minneapolis established a very noisy
precedent. The people of the Mill City
are not so narrow that they can not
enthusiastically welcome a great man
when they do not agree with him. It
was the man who won the curiosity
seekers, and both the man and the
arguments which warmed the hearts of
the faithful.
It is a safe calculation that Mr. Bry
an spoke to no less than 30,(*00 people
last night. It was one of hii busiest
nights, and at its conclusion he was
heard to say that it was also one of
his best, as he liad grown to fear the
people of Minneapolis would not warm
to him. He took St. Paul for a -sample.
St. Taul warms to nothing, except,
perhaps, coal stoves.
Mr. Bryan's Monday night record is
summed up about as follows: Audi
torium speech, 12,000 people; liver front
speech, 10,000 people; Lyceum speech,
2,500 people; Yale Place speech, 6,000
people; total 30,000. Of this number,
1 erhaps a third were Republicans,
sound money Democrats and ladies.
The remaining two-thirds were boister
ous," noisy and enthusiastic silver root
ers without pulmonary ailments of
any description.
The scenes enacted vividly recalled
the incidents connected with the Re
publican convention of 1892, in which
the West hotel and the same auditor
ium were cradles of political history.
Another chapter was added last night.
Mr. Bryan broke bread at the resi
dence of Senator Steven B. Howard and
his return to the West hotel was sched
uled for 6:30 o'clock. But the meal was
somewhat protracted. Mr. Bryan en
joyed the repose of a private family
after his tedious seige of private cars
and hotels and was loath to break
away. Consequently it was nearly 7
o'clock when the carriage, bearing the
candidate, Senator Howard and wife,
and Hon. P. B. Winston drove up to
the hotel. The Veteran's Bryan club
had invaded the lobby at 6:30 with the
expectation of listening to a short ad
dress from the candidate, but after
kicking their toes impatiently against
the tiling for a half hour, the club
withdrew to the street and gave it up.
The Exposition hall meeting was
scheduled for an early hour, and all
preliminaries were given up owing to
the delay.
At 7:30 o'clock the procession was
ready to start. The Veteran's Bryan
club acted as an escort of honor. Wat
son's First Regiment band furnished
the music for the occasion. Behind the
club some 700 enthusiastic 3llverites
trailed along, leaving great dents In
the air as the result of their vocal ac
complishments. There were also the
usual number of citizens in carriages.
I'he faces of Michael Breslauer. C. M.
Foote, H. D. Stocker, A. T. Ankeny,
D. F. Johnson and others of the tried
and true, enjoyed the hack ride and the
honor of following the big show. The
| line of march was illuminated by
Greek fire and fireworks. The crowd
along the curb discounted that, in St.
Paul, but the silver forces in the lat
ter city explain this by saying it rained
on Saturday. At 7:50 the proc*?ssion
turned off Central avenue and stopped
in front of the great Auditorium, the
grim walls of which reflected the glare
of countless torches. The moment the
candidate appeared, the throng broke
into uncontrollable enthusiasm, and
Mr. Bryan bowed and smiled his grati
tude.
The hall was packed an hour and a
half before Mr. Bryan arrived and there
was not room enough left to hang a
i side of bacon. The carpenters during
j the week had restored the Auditorium
to much the same condition seen during
the Republican national convention,
and the seating capacßy was fully
10,000 while 2,000 other enthusiasts
ciowded into the aisles or hung like
barnacles to the rafters. Mr. Bryan's
entry was the signal for a long volley
of applause lasting many minutes. Hon.
P. B. Winston was chairman of the
evening, and he made a hit in the
berevlty of his introductory remarks.
Mr. Bryan's voice was husky at the
outset, but as he warmed up to his
theme, the hoarsness left him. His
auelitorium speech had many new
features to it, suggested by the de
velopments of the past few days.
It took the candidate an hour to say
TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 13, 1698.
what he had mapped out for the great
cccasion, and during the interim a
crowd on the outside nearly as grea'.
us that on the interior of the hall, lis
tened with more or less politeness to
local speakers. The only reason they
listened was because they wanted to
pass the time away until Mr. Bryan
appeared.
At 9.15 there came a tremendous
cheer from the inside, and th:: waiters
en the river bank knew by the length
of the disturbance that the programme
en the inside was over. A great rush
out of the building confirmed their
hopes. In a few moments a squad of
police appeared at the Bank street
entrance and after vigorous shoving
succeeded in opening a place larg*?
enough to allow the candidate and his
party to accomplish their, exit. Mr
I ryan kept his hands in his pocket
to avoid the hundreds who w anted to
squeeze his fingers. Another ovation
gieeted him as soon as he appeared.
The crowd was all the more enthusi
astic on account of its long wait. Mr.
Bryan did not speak long in the open
air, aa he had much to do yet. He
left a comfortable bundle of arguments
with his hearers, nevertheless, and fif
teen minutes later drove off to the
Lyceum, followed by more cheers.
Mr. Bryan said truly that the
Lyceum meeting was a novel expe
rience. It was the first time in his
meteoric flight across the continen/t
that he ever li*eard 2,000 women try to
yell. The noise started him perceptibly,
not on account of its volume, but be
cause of its high falsetto. It was
pitched five whole tones above the
treble cleff. It was a soprano calliope
with here and there an alto thrown in
to relieve the monotony. The ladies'
meeting was one of the most interest
ing of the Twin Cities. It thoroughly
disproved the claim that the femi
nine gender is uninterested in political
matters. Many of them cheered simply
to be polite and hospitable. Others
cheered because Mr. Bryan was such
a nice looking man and the hero of the
hour. Others were demonstrative be
cause their husbands said they ought
to be.
The poor ladies waited a long time
for dear Mr. Bryan. While they wait
ed they attempted to follow the mas
sive logic of John Day Smith, Frank
Larabee, A. T. Ankeny, J. N. Castle
and others, and they were liberal in
their applause. It grew monotonous,
however, as speaker after speaker
deled out his platitudes about the
"mothers being the hope of the nation,"
etc.
Mrs. Eva McDonald Valesch pre
sided over that remarkable gathering.
And she did it cleverly too. In her
eyes, and in her conscientious judg- j
ment Bryan was the man of all men,
and her enthusiasm showed itself in
a pair of sparkling eyes. She used
considerable tact in keeping things
moving until the hero came.
It was nearly 10 o'clock before Mr.
Bryan intruded himself into that
Adamless Eden. He was scarcely pre
pared for what he saw or what he
heard.
The moment he stepped his foot out
of the wings the women stole another
of man's exclusive franchises. They
actually yelled. Man has only a few
left and they are going fast. Half of
the ladies carried little American flags
and they arose in their seats and
waved the banners furiously over their
heads. The effect was inspiring.
Mr. Bryan was preceded in his ad
dress by a little fellow of five or six
years, who climbed upon a table and
recited some political poetry, and with
ready . wit Mr. Bryan complained of
having to compete against another
"boy orator." Then the candidate said
some pretty things in a pretty manner
and the ladies all came over to his side.
The character of the meeting and the
character of the audience seemed to be
an Inspiration to Mr. Bryan. His ad
dress was perhaps more eloquent than
any he has delivered in the Twin Cities,
although it was brief. The speaker
forgot everything but his convictions
and only came back to earth on re
membering that he still had another
meeting to attend. At the conclusion
of his address to the ladies he was
cheered with another of those funny
feminine yells, and left the hall with
a happy heart.
On emerging from the Lyceum, Mr.
Bryan was confronted with another
impassable wall of humanity. The
crowd yelled for a speech and the on Im
possible escape was to climb upon the
scat of the carriage and say "I am
glad to see you." Then the mounted
police formed the escort and the pro
cession. At 11 o'clock the candidate
stood before the great throng in Tale
place. Innumerable torches of red fire
made the place as light as day. Fire
works were abundant. Mr. Bryan's ar
rival caused another open air demon
stration which was heard down town
It was an impressive picture. Mi-
Bryan Stood upon the table on the
platform. His slouch hat was pulled
down over his eyes to hide the glare
of the torches. His figure formed a
dark silhouette against the blood-red
glare of the torches. He talked for
fifteen minutes, and commenced with
saying that he had only come to them
to say "good night;" that he was a
working man and was very tired.
RECEPTION AT MINNEAPOLIS.
Bryan** Add rent* Prom a Ha loon j at
the West Hotel.
The pleasant weather conspired to
make the trip of Mr. and Mrs. Bryan
io Minneapolis a doubly gratifying in
cident of the day. It was la marked
contrast with the cold, damp day which
he passed on Saturday, and it promised
to increase the size and the enthusiasm
of the silver! te crowds who were to
greet him. The corridors of the Ryan
hotel, in St. Paul, were filled all 'the
afternoon with prominent Democrats
and silverites of the several political
stripes. There were occasional visits
to the upper room where rested the
; hero of the day, and at 2:45 o'clock
I the reception committee, E. J Murphy
J- w - W. H. Donahue and
a half dozen others came tripping
down the stairs, announcing by their
movements that Mr. and Mrs. Bryan
would soon be ready to emerge ffom
the elevator ready to take the speclallv
chartered interurban car, wnieh stood
at the front of the hotel app.-opriatelv
t rimmed with flags. There was a rush
on the part of a hundred or more to
get one more last look at the presiden
tial candidate and his wife and the
j ladies' entrance of the hotel was a
I momentary jam.
[ A thousand people had assembled at
| the hotel and stood in expectant «i
--i lence until Mr. Bryan appeared. He
j was being conducted through the crowd
j by C. M. Foote, and immediately be
• hind him came T. D. O'Brien, escort
| ing Mrs. Bryan. The delegation who
| were to accompany Mr. Brvaa to Mm
reapoHs fell into line -and' a passage
was made for them through the creAvd
j A little delay was caused, after all of
i the party present had mounted the
car. It was discovered that some of
the Eastern newspaper men, who fol
low Mr. Bryan wherever he goes, had
not come. The car was held until It
had been ascertained that they had
taken a regular coach of the interur
ban line.
Mr. Bryan was the flr»t to mount the
car, and with Mra Bryan he took a
seat on the sunn*v*.aide. They remained
seated thus, first conversing with one
another and* subsequently with others
of the party, -until they reached the in
tersection of Washington and Cedar
avenues. Mr. Bryan talked most of
the time with G. J. Sternsdorff, of Chi
cago, V.jp sergeant-at-arrris of the Na
tional Democratic committee, who had
com > up on some special errand Mrs.
Bryan conversed with A. B. Choate,
R. F. Rose,- the stenographer of the
Associated Press, who has been with
Mr. Bryan since the campaign opened,
am 1 several others.
The members of the party on the
special car. were: Mr. and Mrs. W. J.
Bryan, John W. Tomlinson, national
committeeman of Alabama, who is act
ing as the personal manager of Mr.
Bryan's movem-'n-ts, private secretary
and guardian; Congressman C. A.
Towne, J. H. Johnson, of Winona; Sen
ator J. W. Craven, of Carver county;
E. C. Gridley, of Duluth; G. J. Sterns
dorff. of Chicago; T. D. O'Brien, John
Clark, Thomas Kenaley, of St. Paul;
Minneapolis contingent, A. B. Choate,
E. J. Murphy, J. W. Lawrence, Matt
Walsh, J. S. Tumblad, W. H. Donahue,
Michael Breslaur, J. W. Griffin, C. M.
Foote, P. 8.-.Winston and Frank B.
Larrabee; Chairman Rosing, of the
Democra/tic state committee and, of the
newspaper contingent, R. F, Rose, A
E. Hunt and H. J. Browne.
All along the route the attention of
the people was attracted by the decor
ations on the car, and an occasional
siiverlte would lift his hat and shout
his indorsement of Bryan. At Cedar
avenue a local photographer had erect
ed a stand ready to take a picture of
the Bryan car as it passed, which re
sulted in the collection of about a
thousand people there. They cheered
the car as It appeared and it stopped
for a minute or two in order that Mr.
Bryan might be seen. He stepped to
the rear platform, the gates were
opened and two plates were exposed.
All the while the crowds kept up more
or less shouting and there was no at
tempt at speeehmaking.
The car went around the Sixth street
loop, stopping at the West hotel to
allow the party to alight. When it ap
proached the hotel about a thousand
people had already congregated there,
although the arrival was a full half
hour before the schedule time as an
nounced in the morning papers. The
car stopped in front of the Fifth I
street entrance which was packed. A I
V-rush was formed, with Mike Bres- !
laur in the apex and W. H. Donahue
and C. M. Foote in support. Then came
Mr. Bryan, and following him, Mrs
Bryan and Mr. O'Brien. The crowd
fell back enough to let them pass, al
though there was a hot scramble to |
see and cheer the candidate, until he
bad passed into the hotel. Then the
crowd surged after him and he was
hurried up stairs.
Once into the hotel and out of the
crowd Mr. Bryan and his party were
immediately escorted up the main
stairway to the club room on the
second floor, where they were met by
those of the reception committee who
had not accompanied them from St.
Paul. Even there the shouts of the
congregated people without reached
the ear of the candidate and his wife,
and a pardonable expression of pride
silently voiced itself. Cries of "Bryan"
and "speech" could be distinctly heard '■
and, although Mr Bryan was told that I
he might have an opportunity of rest
ing for half an hour, C. A. Quist de- !
clared that if he did not answer to I
the demand's of the crowd it was quite j
likely that the hotel would be pulled !
down.
Mr. Bryan informed the members !
of the committee that he was perfectly i
willing to say a few words as he did I
not wish anyone to go away disappoint- |
cd. Almost as quickly as Mr. Bryan I
had announced his intention of-satis
fying the crowd the word went round
that he was to speak from the Fifth
street l>alcony, and a rush was made
around the comer from Hennepin
avenue where the people had watched
Mr. Bryan enter the hotel. To the
balcony Mr. Bryan walked arm in arm
with A. T. Ankeny, C. M. Foote escort
ing Mrs. Bryan. About 2.500 people
had gathered below, and the appear
ance of the candidate was a signal for
an ovation that lasted nearly two
minutes. Time and again Mr. Bryan
lifted his hand in an effort to quell the
enthusiasm, but it was useless, and,
with head uncovered, he stood untii
of their own free will the free silver
men became quiet. Mr. Bryan was
then introduced by C. M. Foote and
another cheer went up which was
checked, however, in a moment, as Mr.
Foote took the hand of Mrs. Bryan
and waved his hat for silence. The
introduction of Mrs. Bryan was the
signal for another outburst that lasted
over a minute.
When quiet was restored Mr. Bryan
stepped to the edge of the balcony and
said:
MR. BRYAN'S SPEECH.
Ladies and Gentlemen: The committee in
charge of afialrs this evening have given me
four opportunities of speaking to you, so that !
it will not be necessary for me to nay very
miu-h at this time. Although I enjoy speak
ing to my countrymen, I feel It a duty to
you all to save myself for the wor*fe I have i
before me this evening— a pleasant work in- I
deed. (A voice: "What's the use of talking' '
we er all going to vote for you anyway ")
I Yea; that is true; there is no need of speak- !
ing to those who have already made up
their minde, especially when they have made
them up on the right side. (Applause.) There
is another view of it, however. I hope that
although you have tour minds made up i
may be able to make your convictions strong
er, so that you can- spend the next three
weeks in converting others to our side
This evening I will take pains to give some
reasons why the people should vote our ticket
It is frequently claimed by the other party
that the money question is altogether too
deep for the majority of the American peo
ple. Only those few bankers and nanciers
who handle the greater part of the money
they say, are in a position to thoroughly vii
! derstand It. But I want to say to you now
; that I am traveling around this country on
i the assumption that the American people are
i able to solve any question that may concern
their welfare. (Great apjUanse.) The Ameri
can people are studying this question as they
have never before siudied an economic ques
tion. Study brings understanding and under
standing bring* action. You have already
studied; you now doubtless understand, and
In a few weeks more you will act in ac
cordance with that understanding. I bid
you good-bye for the preaent.
Mr. and Mrs. Rryan were then es
i ccrted to the main hall on the second
iioor and, although it was- fifteen min
utes before the hour announced for the
j reception, it was thought advisable to
: have it over with; as soon as possible
| and the candidate and his wife made j
ready to receive the hundreds waiting i
to grasp their hands. The people were i
already in waiting «nd as soon as the
crowd were allowed the pass up the !
stairway the reception began. By the
side of Mr. Bryan Stood C. M. Foot and
A. T. Ankeny; Wilson Borst, a Bryan
elector from Wtndom, Minn., doing like
service for Mrs. Bryan. The reception
commenced at 3:4-5 and was over at
4:os— about the time announced for it
to begin— and beuveen 4 and 5 o'clock
a great number of people visited the
hotel only to find' that they were too
late. About 5 o'clock Mr. and Mrs.
Bryan were escorted to the home of
State Senator S. B. Howard, where
they took dinner.
During their absence, the Levering-
Bryan club, of Minaieapolis, 200 gray
bearded warriors, marched to the hotel
and formed a circle in the spacious
lobby. When Bryan came they gave
him a royal reception and escorted him
to Exposition hall.
No such crowd has been packed with
in the walls of that building since the
day when the Republican convention
nominated Benjamin Harrison for pres
ident in 1892. It has a seating capacity
of 8,300. Every seat was occupied and
there was a standing army of very
many more lined around the walls and
Contiaaed on Third Page,
OLD OCEANS FHOIiIG
FW FOR -VERTUKE, BUT ROUGH
j ON THE "SAD SEA
DOCS."
LINERS GIVEN A SHAKING.
NO WIS ASTERS YET REPORTED
PROM THE »ALE ON THE
ATLANTIC.
CONEY ISLAND SWEPT BY BILLOWS
Great Damage Done All Along: tlie
Famous Beach by Unparalleled
Hig-h Seas.
NEW YORK, Oct. 12.— A veritable
hurricane has swept over this section
of the country. Yesterday and today
the wind blew with terrific force, reach
ing, at Sandy Hook, a velocity of 75
miles an hour last night. The tides
rose to a height many feet greater than
has been seen for years, and the waves,
all along the Atlantic coast, were
swept in by a force that carried every
thing before them and did damage to
the amount of many hundreds of thous
ands of dollars. Sandy Hook and points
along the Jersey coast felt the fury
of the storm most of all, but Coney
island experienced so far as has yet
been learned the most direful results.
The beaches were swept clean, pavil
ions were overturned and carried sea
ward, bathing houses and board walks,
everything not far inland on the famous
island was torn up and piled high be
yond the coast lines, or carried out
to sea.
At Brighton Beach the stone walks
in front of the big hotel were under
water and toward the end of this after
noon the famous Seidl concert hall was
inundated and partially carried away.
The well-kept lawns in front of the
Oriental hotel and Manhattan Beach
hotel were laid waste and the lower
portions of the hotels flooded. Innu
merable small buildings were simply
picked up bodily and carried away by
wind and waves.
At Rockaway the fury of the gale
was indescribable. Those houses which
were built on piles in sand were wash
ed away and those higher up, which
for years have been out of reach of
the highest tides, were today flooded.
Along the Jersey coast most of the
damage done was to piers and to break
waters. Preparations had been made
as fore-warnings of the storm had
been given some days before. As yet
very little damage to shipping has
been reported, for on account of warn
ings many crafts delayed sailing, and
others that had cleared returned for a
safe anchorage.
Hog Island, during the afternoon,
added another big section to that por
tion which had previously gone to i
sea and another such storm would
wipe it and several other adjoining
districts out of existence altogether.
The ferry house, dock, board walk i
and pavilion of 'the Far Rockaway Im- j
j provement company were totally i
[ wrecked. The Casino, the United I
j States hotel, the Tackapausha house j
and the Dolphin hotel were among !
those buildings which had 'at leasttwo j
feet of water on their ground floors, j
At Wave Crest, the damage will j
amount to about $50,000, and a great
deal of damage was done at Edge
mere. This afternoon the tide had
risen so high as to threaten to under
mine the Edgemere hotel. At Averne,
several summer cottages were lifted
from their foundations and completely
wrecked. In New Jersey all the low
lands were under water and the usual
washouts of railroads lying along the
coast are reported. In this particular
the electric roads suffered most.
At Sandy Hook, where even the
breath of a breeze can be twisted into j
a gale, last nights blow was a howl
ing hurricane. The waves broke higher
than ever before and at one time the
old tower, which in-coming and out
going ships signal, shook and tottered
as though iit would be blown over. This
was towards morning when it is esti
mated the gale was speeding along in j
the vicinity of 75 miles an hour.
The storm was the most devastating I
that has visited Sea Isle City since I
the great storm of 1889, which was ac- j
companied by a tidal wave. The
streets were flooded and many hotels I
and cottages along the narrow strip j
of sand between Townsend and Cor- j
I sons Inlets were wrecked or badly '
damaged. Last night the sea attacked
I the beach in front of the Brunswick ;
I hotel, the finest structure on that por- j
| tion of the coast. Today it completed !
| its work. Early in the afternoon the !
j front of the building began to sag. It j
dropped lower and lower as the waves i
beat up against it and in the middle
of the afternoon, the structure fell in
a mass of ruins.
North of Sea Isle City, the fronts of
many of the cottages have been un
! dermined. Sea Isle City has been en
j tirely cut off from train connection.
Life saving crews have be^n on the
! alert ever since the storm began. They
| lave been able to do little in the way
of averting the damage and nave been
required to do little in the way of
saving life.
At Long Branch, the new iron pier,
which many times during tho day was
shaken to its very foundation, so far
has stood the test. It is thoaght that
it may go before morning, if the force
of the waves is not lessened. All day
j long the wind blew a gale of fifty
j miles at Asbury park. Every movable
i thing within the reach of the waves
! v-as used as a battering ram to break
I down the structures on the beach. The
great board walk was pounded to
rieces In many places. The scenes in
! Egg Harbor City, N. J., were dlstress-
I ing. The wind blew a hurricane all
cay and all night and all day again.
[ Many houses were unroofed and many
j people were forced into the streets.
Among the craft reported sunk or
! damaged is the schooner yacht Novel
j ette, which was driven asnore. The
j yacht is badly damaged and is likely
' to go to pieces. She is owneil in Phil-
I adelphia, and had been recently over-
I hauled there.
At Atlantic City the storm continues
| tonight with no signs of abating. Re
ports coming in from outlying districts
! show that much damage has been done
I along the coast by the high tides. This j
I afternoon Charles Mason apd his fam- j
| ily were driven out of their home by |
tlie water. A similar case is reported '
from Chelsea, where Mr. and Mrs.
Whittakers were taken in a boat frpm
their home on "Hummock." About
C o'clock tonight the steamboat wharf
was washed away and a frame build
ing adjoining the ill-fated Casino,
where the Elk disaster happened two
years ago, was torn down by the
waves.
LINERS <«*H VKK\ IP.
•
Several Arrived In Time to Meet
the Hurricane.
NEW YORK, Oct. 12.— The North
German Lloyds' steamer from Bremen
and Cherbourg and the Kaiser Wilhelm
from Genoa and Gibraltar arrived al
most simultaneously at Quarantine
this evening. Both had been how to
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for several hours outside the bar, wait
ing for a chance to cross.
The steam station boat Alaska, with
her complement of pilots, had an
chored all right under shelter of Sandy
Hook and made four unsuccessful at
tempts to return to her station be
tween the lightships this morning.
Each time the combers swept her
decks, and the flying spume shut off
all sight from her captain. Finally at
about 3:30, on the fifth attempt, the
Alaska regained her station. Shortly
afterward the big linprs, Aller, Kaiser
Wilhelm 11., Cevlc and Anchoria, which
had been hove to well off shore, turned
their heads toward the lightship, and
pilots were put on board each.
The Aller had a stormy passage al
most from the time of leaving. Yes
terday morning, when near Nantucket,
the wind increased to a furious gale,
blowing with a force of eleven degrees,
Beufort scale. It was from the north
east, and the course of the ship was
direct before it. The Aller was off Fire
island at about 10:30 this morning. She
slowed up her engines and crept to the
neighborhood of the lightship. The
Kaiser Wilhelm 11. had generally fine
weather from Gibraltar until yesterday
morning, when the hurricane overtook
her. She plunged and rolled in the
huge seas, making all hands uncom
fortable, but she sustained no damage.
Among the passengers on board were
seventy members of Col. Mapleson'a
Imperial Opera company.
The steamer Anchoria, of the An
chor line, and the White Star freighter
Cevic anchored off Quarantine short»y
after sundown. On account of the gale
and strong tide the marine reporters
were unable to board either vessel.
COKEY ISLAND SWEPT.
Lorn* of $200,000 as a Result of the
Storm.
NEW YORK, Oct. 12— Coney Island
beach was swept by the waves of the
highest tide in the history Qf the fam
ous resort last night and today. A
lar.ge number of temporary structures
along the front were destroyed. The
boulevard was flooded as far asN p'.un^
avenue. The shelter houses at the in
tersection of the concourse and boule
vard were washed away. Waves run
ning mountains high battered the plaza
in front of the Brighton Beach hotel,
and tore away part of the concert pa
vilion in which Anton Seidl's orchestra
gives its performances. The Ocean ho
tel, west of the Brighton Beach hotel,
was surrounded by water and its foun
dations were racked. Numerous bath
ing pavilions and amusement houses
on Brighton Beach were either
wrecked or damaged, among the latter
being the club house of the Seaside
Athletic club. The old iron pier that
was believed to be invincible, and that
had been buffeted by the storms of over
20 winters, was cut in two by the
mighty impact of the waives. At 2
o'clock the storm was still working
havoc, and the collapse of the Ocean
house appeared to be but a matter of
a few hours. It was entirely surround
ed by water and the occupants were
moving out their belongings. Man
hattan Beach shared the disaster with
other sections of the island. Much of
the ornaments on the grounds in front
of the Manhattan Beach hotel were
swept away, and the magnificent lawn
in front of the swell Oriental hotel was
made a dismal waste.
At 2:30, a monster wave struck the
concert pavilion at Brighton Beach and
tore away two-thirds of the structure.
The Brighton Beach race track stables
were flooded and the horses were re
moved to the stables along the- boule
vard. A rough estimate of the finan
cial loss along the Coney Beach, places
it at $200,000.
TALCOTT SAFE.
The British Cruiser Has Arrived nt
Halifax.
HALIFAX, N. S., Oct. 12.— The British
cruiser Talcott, reported to have foundered
at sea, arrived here at 4 o'clock this after
noon.
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OLXEY HAS HOPES.
Expects Definite Compromise News
When Congress Meets.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12.— There is ev
ery indication that the administration
hopes to be able by the time congress
meets again to report a sensible ad
vance in the negotiations concerning
the Venezuelan boundary question,
though it scarcely can be .'aid that
there is an expectation of a final settle
ment of the dispute by that date. It
was understood, when the British am
bassador went home on leave of ab
sence, it was the purpose of the Brit
ish premier to make use of the oppor
tunity to confer with Sir Julian, and it
was presumed that when Lord Salis
bury became acquainted with the real
sentiment of the people of the United
States, and the fact that in this mat
ter the administration can count on
unanimous support, and that there was
little hope of a change in the attitude
of the government, whatever the out
' come of the pending elections, he
might be disposed to go further to
wards meeting Secretary Olney than
at first seeme* likely. Since Sir Julian
has been in London, word has come of
several conferences between himseif
and Lord Salisbury, and it is finally
expected that when he returns to
Washington, he will be charged with
authority to offer compromise propos
als, which may, in the end, prove to
be the basis for a final settlement of
the troublesome boundary dispute. It
is expected, too, that the Venezuelan
boundary commission will have agreed
upon its report before congress meets
and the conclusion reached may very
properly be used with great weight
by Secretary Olney to sustain his po
sition.
As to the other question, relating to
the negotiation of a genei'al arbitra
tion treaty, it is believed that not so
much progress will be made as In the
settlement of the boundary question,
for the difference disclosed to exist
between the two governments appear
to be of greater magnitude than the
ifcsues involved in the boundary ques
tion, which, after all, are largely mat
ters of fact.
ANOTHER BATTUE WITH MACEO.
Heavy Losses to the Insurgent
Forces Reported.
HAVANA, Oct. 12.— Disptaches re
ceived here today from official sources
'in the province of Pinar del Rio say
that another battle has been fought
between the Spaniards and the insur
gents, under Antonio Maceo, resulting
in another victory for the former. Gen.
Echague was in command of the gov
ernment troops and Maceo led the
enemy. The fighting took place at San
Diego, and the insurgents are alleged
to have sustained enormous loss. The
dispatches also say that the loss of the
Spanish troops was considerable, that
the fighting continues, and that no de
tails are at present obtainable.
Rochester's Tax Rate.
Special to tbe Globe.
ROCHESTER. Minn., Oct. 12.— The city
councll has fixed the tax rate for 1896, which
shows a general reduction over last year,
the city levy is $18,000 and the school levy
514.000, making the total amount of taxes
132,700 (exclusive of the 2-mill tax assessed to
build a library building). The assessed valua
tion of Rochester is $1,794,670. This gives a
tax rate on city property of 18.22 mills, which,
coupled with the two mills for a library
budding, makes the rate 20.22 mills. This
is a great reduction over the rate of last year,
which was 31 mlila.
SOLDIERS o|l GUARD
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SECT RELY I\ THE FAIRMI^r
JAItL.
EXCITEMENT RUNNING HIGH.
PRISONER APPiKBVTLV 1118 COOL,
EST >IAA II THE ENTIRE
VH,LAOE.
MITTERIAGS OF MOH RII|,K.
Bat Official* Are Confident of Ability
to Enforce the Majesty of the
Law.
Special to the Globe.
FAIRMONT, Minn., Oct. 12— The
second Sherburne bank robber is guard
ed by the militia here tonight, grave
fears of an attempt at lynching being
entertained by the authorities. The
young desperado gives as his reason
for not divulging his name, that he
has a praying mother and sister of
very high connection and repute, and
he will never allow them to stand the
stigma of such a crime. He is the cool
est man in Fairmont tonight, although
there is great danger of him dangling
at a rope's end before morning.
Company D, of the Second degiment,
this evening resumed its real military
life and thrust its fixed bayonets into
the moonlight with the relentlessness of
an old guard that would be none the
less reluctant about transfixing things
less ethereal were they to assume thn
position of enemies. Fifty strong, Uieyj
bunked tonight in the Martin county;
jail to protect the latest acquisition to"
murderers' row. Fairmont jail now'
has two murderers, one being Craft,
who killed his wife Jn a fit of Jealousy,
about nine months ago. The second Ik
the Lake Mills captive. No fears are'
entertained for Craft, but numerous
mutterings have been heard in the'
streets of Fairmont and Sherburne to
day, and it is feared, too, that indignant
citizens of Bancrof, 10., may attempt?
to
AVENGE THE DEATH
of brave Marshal Gallien. At this
hour, however, it looks like a hopeless
task and Sheriff Hill insists that be
fore his prisoner Is taken from jail'
without due process of law blood will
flow knee deep in the court house lawn.
While a number of Sherburne people
are here on the streets, still they in
sist they are here to spend the night'
in order that they may witness the un
known's preliminary examination in
the morning. This, however, may &h
postponed if the crowds continue to
pour in from the surrounding country.
It is argued by the local officials thai;
the almost fruitless robbery of th«
Sherburne bank has already caused to«i
many murderous deaths, and, while
they are not less relentless in their In
sistence on the accomplishment of jus
tice, they insist that it must be in reg-i
ulai- course of the law. The Lake Mills
captive has had his confessor at worlj
again today. This morning in the jail
at Albert Lea he practically rep<-ar*^d
the Lake Mills confession,, although he
no longer claims the fraternal rHatian
with the dead man. He further states
that the two agreed to meet in Alberl
Lea Tnursday of this week, at which
time there is to be a big political meet
ing and they figured they could eludq
observation In the crowd. He says 'if-,
went to Britt to look after a trunk and
it now develops that this Jesse Lak^, o{
Mason City, who is supposed to be the;
dead robber, has a trunk there too.
This, with the markings of "Lake*-
his belt, is thought to be conclusive a,**?
to the dead man's identity.
Everything was quiet at 7 p. m. Tha
militia will guard the jail all night.
The marshal of Sherburne and a larg«
delegation of citizens are here, but ar-i
making no menacing demonstrations--.
The local officials profess a determina
tion to guard the prisoner at all haz
ards.
A report was received from Sher
burne that a mob was forming tlieii
to march on the jail here, but the of
flcers declare they will not surrender
their man. On the street a great deal
of excitement exists, but up to mid
night no ominous signs were visible,
SAIRES WAS UKB. |
Ranker at Fairmont Identifies the
Bicyclists.
Special to the Globe.
FAIRMONT, Minn.. Oct. 12.— Banker
Grimes, of Heron Lake, here tonight,
furnished what seems to be conclusive
corroboration of the so-called Salres'
identity with Jesse Lake, of Mason City.
A photo of the latter brought here to
day was instantly identifier! by Grimes
as that of the cyclist who vanished so
suddenly after the fire here Tuesday .
ARBITRATION (OUIM..
Public Agreement Expected \\ iihin
the Next Mdiiili.
LONDON, Oct. 12.— 1t is learned that
the conference held on Saturday be
tween the Marquis of Salisbury, thti
secretary of state f<rr the < oloniee.
Joseph Chamberlain, and the British
ambassador at Washington. Sir Julian
Pauncefote, was most satisfaetoiy. and
it is believed in the highest quarterK
that at least the general principle ot
arbitration, and the settlement cf th«i
Venezuelan question will lx*> decided
upon with the United States before lhfc
end of this month. Sir Julian Paimcrt
fote sails for New York on Wednes
day with final instructions on the sub
ject.
ST/PRE MB < OI RT SESSION. •
Itsi Bnslnes* Renamed nt the Olst
.Stand.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 12. -The United
i States supreme court convened prompt
ly at noon today for the October term;
remaining in session only three
minutes. This time sufficed for the ad
mission of four attorneys to the >>ar.
and for the announcement by the chief
justice that the hearing of all actions,
docketed for today would be postponed
until tomorrow in order to permit the
court to call upon the president 1n a
b<>dy in accordance -.villi Immemorial
usage. All the justices were in their
seats. No decisions will be rend
this week. _
BISHOP HORSTMAN SLATED.
He Will Succeed Bishop Kennc at
Washington Lnivertltj.
CLEVELAND. 0.. *Ct. 12.- It is g*n- «Qy
believed among the leading Catholic clTgy
of this city that I'.ishop Horfctroan, i.f lbs
Cleveland diocese, will be tendered tbe agf
polntment of rector of the Catholic uui- !
versity at Washington, made vacant by" !li»
resignation of Bishop Keane. The bishop.
who ls at present in the East, has _ ■*>!
given out nothing concerning tii« appr.mt
incnt, but it is said that he has been iiri
vatety notified that be is the efeofcw of fb»
pope, and that his risk In the East is for th«
purpose of making the- necessary arrange
ments tor taking on his ran duties.
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